The jobhunt's almost complete; There is just a month left to get through what will hopefully be my last set of exams for a while..So here are the top 5 places/positions I want to work.

5. Pilot, Indian air force
This is a boyhood special. Almost every guy I know wanted to be a pilot as a kid. This career was cut short when it was discovered that I needed glasses. No 6/6. I like the idea of working in the armed forces though. Its a life of honour where most people in Indian society respect you. Booze at subsidized rates from their canteens is the icing on the cake.

4. Business Analyst, Shell Gas and Power (LNG)
A job that was mine for about 5 minutes until it was cruelly taken away. The energy industry fascinates me, the LNG business is about to take off, I'm really impressed with Shell as a company.


3. Op-Ed Writer/ Cricket Columnist
I don't know how well this pays but I sure like it. It would be great to be writing a daily column commenting on daily news or events. It would probably be better to comment on cricketing news - who won, who lost, who capitulated, who sucked. (Sorry, still reeling from India's defeat to England).

2. Lawyer
I'm not sure what kind of lawyer since I'm more interested in social policy. This sort of stuff falls more into the domain of politician I think. It would be great to understand and evaluate a society's ideals and frame laws based on this. Is this really lawyering? I'd love to study for a law degree though.

1. Starbucks Store Manager/ Store planner
Love Coffee. Love the Starbucks service. Love the Starbucks brand. This job would be brilliant. Imagine working in a place that has the wonderful aroma of coffee all the time.

Posted by sushil at 6:36 pm | Permalink | Comments

For a while now, VVS Laxman has been one of the surety's of the Indian cricket team with his name in the batting line up coming only after Dravid and Sachin. Its pretty sad therefore to see him being axed in favour of an extra bowler for the second test match against England.

In reality though, Yuvraj was considered a better bet than him in the 5 man batting order bolstered by Dhoni and Pathan. But whatever Yuvraj, Sehwag or Jaffer are they just cannot match VVS Laxman. As recently as last December, he won India a test match against Sri Lanka. His average against Australia, the best team in recent memory is 53.02 as compared to his average against all teams which is at 43. Which Indian fan can forget his 281 in Eden Gardens or his 154 on a pacy wicket against the Australians as an opener? An attack boasting Mc Grath, Brett Lee, Jason Gillispie (in his prime) and Shane Warne conceded that they did not know where to bown to him and nicknamed him Very Very Special Laxman.

This isn't a debate about statistics though. Its pretty simple to take these selectively and say that in the last couple of years he has struggled. Or make the argument that he is better than Sehwag or Yuvraj. Dravid once countered a reporter criticising Sehwag's form that he was the kind of guy who went through a dry run and then hit a big one to compensate. I wonder why the same kind of logic doesn't apply to one of the true class acts in the Indian team after Tendulkar.

This might just be biased support for a fellow Hyderabadi. But one Laxman gone cannot be replaced with Sehwag, Jaffer and Yuvraj put together.

Posted by sushil at 1:59 pm | Permalink | Comments